The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1887-06-30
EVENTS OF THE WEEK.
Domestic News

/ DOme1SlC N0W0
The discovery of coal and natural gas is
reported ten miles north Of Denver.
Street cars in Montgomery, Ala, are
being operated by the electric motor
system.
| The liabilities of Arnold Il Co, the
swamped New York coffee firm, are said to
be SIS, 900.
The strike of the shoemakers at spencer,
Mass, has collapsed, the lasters and bottom
ers returning to work.
Messrs. Whitley. Foster Il Kelly, the big
reaper firm Of Springfield, Ohio, have gone
| into the hands q receiver.
The Legislature of Missouri has refused to
| inipeach the Democratic State Auditor, re-
Gently charged by an investigating commit
tee with the misappropriation OF State
| funds.
| The losses of the American Exchange
bank at Chicago, by the recent wheat deal
| and collapse Of the Fidelity bank, are re-
| ported at $.9s, 900. The bank is declared
| solvent.
At Suspension Bridge, N. Y, on the 2and,
Stephen Peer, shoemaker residing OH the
Canadian side of the Niagara river, crossed
| the river, walking upon five-eighths inch
wire cable.
The colored people Of St Louis are making
extensive preparations to take part in the
reception and entertainment of the Grand
Army veterans during their encampment
in September.
The annual meeting Of the Society Of the
,E D~A~ ala MT
Saratoga, on the 2snd. Gov. Hill and Gen.
cey nj. DE Pew delivered an Grafton in the
evening.
Negotiations are going on looking to the
| removal of the works of the United States
| Rolling Stock company from Urbana, Ohio
to Decatur, Ala. The company is one OF
the largest csr manufacturing companies
| in the country
A Quebec mob attacked the salvation
army while the latter was parading the
streets showering stones and other missiles
at them. Several were seriously hurt. and
one, Miss Nc Harg, believed fatally. Three
| arrests were made.
| A special of the Goth to the News and
Courier, of Charleston, =. g., reports a
startling shock of earthquake at Summer.
i
roaring heard since Oct. -, Of last year.
Charleston was quiet.
In the oil exchange at Oil City, Pa. Thurs
day, Mike Keating failed for s4l. Keating
is but "a years old. Before he was 20 he
made fortune of $60,COO, but afterward
lost it; He says he will make up his failure
of Sal and begin over again.
A man named f. Trigg from Washington,
d. C., committed suicide Sunday by jump
| ing off a bridge at ssThree Sisters island
Niagara Falls: The act was seen by par
i ties at some distance from him, who saw
him remove his coat and make the leap.
Friday, the 24th, was quiet day at Gin.
cinnati. Controller Tenholm arrived and
took personal charge of the Fidelity bank
and was looking tue ground over for the
appointment of receiver. Harper and
Hopkins were still in jail, not having secured
bail.
The banquet of the Army of the Potomac
at Saratoga was attended by over 800 per
sons. Gen. Sickles was appointed chairman
of committee to make arrangements fol
the meeting at Gettysburg, in July, 1883
and to invite the Army Of Northern Vir
ginia.
Wednesday evening at Wilmington, Del.
| u
the city raging with unabated fury for an
hour. Trees were uprooted, chimneys
leveled and houses unroofed. Mrs James
Noble, Mrs. George Doran and her little
boy were killed.
A crowd Of 5000 persons witnessed the
interstate drill at Louisville OH the a3rd
the Montgomery GrayS and the Louisville
Light Infantry, with ths Montgomery True
Blues second, and the Detroit City Gray'
the least in favor.
The Secretary Of the Treasury has giver
general consideration to the plan for the re
organization OF the New York custom house
recently reported by the commission. Tht
Secretary approves the plan proposed ant
will direct that it be put into operation
about July l. Much will be left to the dis
cretion Of Collector Magone in carrying ou
the details Of the report.
The Michigan legislature has passed th,
hish license liquor bill. The high-tax me,
were victorious. by the terms of the agree
ment the tax is fixed at 300 for selling NAL
liquors aud $50 for selling spirituons liquor
an increase OF $lCO and x2OO respectively
The bonds must be secured in city, village
or township where the business is carried on
Saloons are allowed to remain open from
a. N. to II p. III.
There was something Of a panic in stock
in Wall Street on Friday, and for shor
time things went wild, and nearly the who'll
list of stocks was raided down seve raj points
but before the close OF the day there was
! comfortable reaction, caused in part by til
presence Of Jay Gould, Cyrus w. Field AM
Russell Sage as buyers. There were no dis
formed pronounced the furry over at th
end of business hours.
The extraordinary story comes from New
York that Guiteau's head is to be place,
} on exhibition there. The museum authorize
do not know whether the soft parts wer
actually destroy ed or not They say that thi
, is very possible that instead Of destroying
the muscles and flesh Of the head and nee
. after it was taken from the bones it Nigh
have been preserved and set up, and that
is probably what is referred to above. Blu
the skeleton OF fGuiteau complete, head an
all, is new in the Washington museum.
The developments in the Fidelity ban
case at Cincinnati, Ohio, caused the bonds
men of vice President Harper and Al
sistant Cashier Hopkins to surrendeo them
and they We're taken into custody, an
heing unable to secure bondsmen they wer
taken to Jail at eleven o'clock Thursda
night. j. w. Wiltshire, the broker, VIII
, took the checks of the Fidelity bank to CHI
cago to try and hold the market was ais
: arrested, and charged with aiding in th
, willful and unlawful misappropriation 9
the funds Of the bank. He gave bonds !
$35, 1000.
, A CenteAnial celebration of the framin
and PRONUNCIATION Of the constitution of th
United States, is to take place at Philade
Q phia, Sept. Is, IL ana II. The President {
the United States will be present and pr,
side oD the 18th. The memorial address wi
Q be delivered by Justice Miller, of the S,
preme court, and there will be commen
oratiye poem by national poet. Thel
will be elaborate military apd industri,
displays and other ceremonies. The mi
. tia of the several states are to he invited
!. appear and to take part in the grand p,
raae. Gov. McGill has appointed ex-Go'
Ramsey as commissioner from Minnesota
The National Roman Catholic universit
n will most likely be located ut Washington
a ID.C. Rt Rev. Bishop John J. Keane, wh
has the matter in charge and has just r
i turned from Rome with plenary power